11-letter words containing n, a, y, g
- disarraying — Present participle of disarray.
- discandying — the act of melting or dissolving
- dismayingly — In a manner that causes dismay.
- downplaying — Present participle of downplay.
- dragon lady — (often initial capital letters) a woman of somewhat sinister glamour often perceived as wielding ruthless or corrupt power.
- drainageway — a conduit, ditch, or the like, for draining water from an area.
- dry farming — a system of growing crops in arid or semiarid regions without artificial irrigation, by reducing evaporation and by special methods of tillage
- dues-paying — gaining experience, especially by hard and often unpleasant or uncongenial work: He spent his dues-paying years as a cocktail pianist.
- dynamograph — a device for registering the quantity of force applied
- dyssynergia — (medicine) Failure of parts of the anatomy to work together correctly.
- early night — If you have an early night, you go to bed early. If you have a late night, you go to bed late.
- embracingly — In an embracing manner.
- endearingly — In an endearing manner.
- energy band — a range of energies associated with the quantum states of electrons in a crystalline solid. In a semiconductor or an insulator there is a valence band containing many states, most of which are occupied. Above this is a forbidden band with only a few isolated states caused by impurities. Above this is a conduction band containing many states most of which are empty. In a metal there is a continuous valence-conduction band
- entomophagy — The eating of insects.
- epoxylignan — (organic compound) Any compound having a structure based on an epoxylignane.
- ethnography — The scientific description of the customs of individual peoples and cultures.
- eugenically — In a eugenic manner.
- eyecatching — Alternative spelling of eye-catching.
- fairy green — a medium yellow-green color.
- falteringly — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- fancy goods — small decorative gifts; knick-knacks
- fatiguingly — In a fatiguing manner.
- flauntingly — In a flaunting manner.
- flying boat — a seaplane whose main body is a hull adapted for floating.
- flying head — a read/write head supported on a thin cushion of air over a rotating magnetic disk.
- flying mare — Wrestling. a method of attack in which a wrestler grasps the wrist of the opponent, turns in the opposite direction, and throws the opponent over the shoulder and down.
- fragmentary — consisting of or reduced to fragments; broken; disconnected; incomplete: fragmentary evidence; fragmentary remains.
- gangliocyte — (biology) A ganglion cell.
- garden city — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- gastrodynia — (pathology) gastralgia (stomach pain).
- gastromancy — a form of divination by interpreting words and sounds seeming to come from the stomach
- gay gordons — an energetic old-time dance
- geitonogamy — pollination of a flower by pollen from another flower on the same plant.
- generically — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
- genetically — Biology. pertaining or according to genetics.
- genioplasty — Mentoplasty.
- genotypical — the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
- gentlemanly — like, befitting, or characteristic of a gentleman.
- geodynamics — (used with a singular verb) the science dealing with dynamic processes or forces within the earth.
- gerrymander — U.S. Politics. the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible.
- gigantology — the study or description of giants
- glastonbury — a borough of SW England, in whose vicinity the ruins of an important Iron Age lake village have been found and to which in folklore both King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathaea have been linked, the latter as the founder of the abbey there.
- glossodynia — a condition characterized by a burning or tingling mouth region
- glycerinate — to impregnate with glycerin.
- gonadectomy — (surgery) The procedure to remove an ovary or testis.
- gonycampsis — abnormal curvature of the knee.
- graminology — the branch of botany concerned with the study of grasses
- grand duchy — a territory ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess.
- grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.